Well, I actually do, and a lot, just not here! But I will take the time to record here the beginnings of a new government in Germany (that is, the Bundesrepublik Deutschland) today, 8th December, 2021.
A more than unusual, a historical constellation will govern this country for the next four years (in the normal course of affairs). Referred to here as an Ampel (think: traffic lights!) – a coalition that stretches from the gold-gilded free-thinking liberal edges (FDP) to wide strewn sun-kissed green pastures (Grüne), with the once rosy-red, now sadly faded, everyman/woman in-between (SPD).
The latter, with just a modest 25% of the vote, is the largest faction and consequently it’s uninspiring candidate, anything other than an everyman, the political careerist Olaf Scholz, was today elected by the Bundestag as the new Bundekanzler. (Would it be defame to suggest that – after Müsil – Scholz is a certain sort of “man without qualities” but, worse, one who has never taken the time to take time out; so stands there but the bland surface upon which an increasingly intellectually lazy folk can reflect back upon themselves each passing irritation.)
We have, then, a colorful conglomerate with an unremarkable CEO at the helm – but at least a new government has been formed (and in a professional and relatively timely fashion) that has some potential; an approach to governance is suggested that is more adaptable to these fast changing times, and proposals and – god, forbid! – ideas being floated that at least aspire to a vision of a better, more equable future for Germany and a more focused position on the opportunities afforded on the broader, international stage. And, hopefully, an imaginative and competent enough personnel tableau to bring all this to the fore. Four years to do so.